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The path between the seas : the creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 Cover Image Book Book

The path between the seas : the creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 / David McCullough.

McCullough, David G. (Author).

Summary:

An account of the building of the Panama Canal, covering the fifty-year span between its beginings by France to its completion by the United States in 1914.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0671225634
  • ISBN: 0743262131
  • ISBN: 9780743262132
  • Physical Description: 698 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Simon and Schuster, [1977]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Bibliography: p. 655-669.
Formatted Contents Note:
Preface -- Book 1 : The vision, 1870-1894 -- 1. Threshold -- 2. The hero -- 3. Consensus of one -- 4. Distant shores -- 5. The incredible task -- 6. Soldiers under fire -- 7. Downfall -- 8. The secrets of Panama -- Book 2 : Stars and stripes forever, 1890-1904 -- 9. Theodore the spinner -- 10. The lobby -- 11. Against all odds -- 12. Adventure by trigonometry -- 13. Remarkable revolution -- 14. Envoy extraordinary -- Book 3 : The builders, 1904-1914 -- 15. The imperturbable Dr. Gorgas -- 16. Panic -- 17. John Stevens -- 18. The man with the Sun in his eyes -- 19. The chief point of attack -- 20. Life and times -- 21. Triumph-- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Sources -- Index.

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Subject: Panama Canal (Panama) > History.

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Southern Wasco County Library 972.875 MCC (Text) 33892004800182 NON-FICTION Available -
Baker County Library 986.3 .M133 (Text) 37814000912023 NON-FICTION Available -
Blue Mountain Community College Library 972.875 M13p c. 2 (Text) 35410000169540 Main Collection Available -
Crane Union High School Library 972.87 McC (Text) 37732000051917 Non-Fiction Available -
Harney County Library 972.8 McCULLOUGH (Text) 37720000356584 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Joseph Public Library 972.87 MCC (Text) 30002000145326 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Milton-Freewater Public Library 972.875 McCul (Text) 33122000882731 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Nyssa Public Library 972.875 MCC (Text) 36660000249317 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
OTLD Boardman Library 972.875 MCC (Text) 33122001550972 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Ontario Community Library 972.875 M (Text) 33330004485613 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
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